Sunday, April 19, 2009

updated reading goal

At the beginning of this year I had decided to give myself a goal of reading/finishing 30 books this year. I believe that I am almost halfway to my goal already. I guess giving myself a goal and deciding to blog about has really helped me to focus (even though I don't think anyone actually reads this blog!)I love to have lists of stuff, (not a lot of stuff, mainly things to do with books - so I am going to attempt a list of the books I have read so far this year. I will give each book a completely arbitrary rating of one to six stars {*};

one being the worst, I really couldn't finish it

two not much better, I had to force myself to finish the book

three, not that good, not horrible, just not impressed with the book

four, a decent book, but could be better

five, I liked it a lot I would recommend it to others and will read other books by the writer of this one

six, I loved the book, I would recommend it to others, am looking for other books by the author, and this author will be on my "auto-buy" list, wish I the book were longer.

So here are the latest books I've read since January 1, 2009;

Magic to the Bone - Devon Monk *****

Demon Bound - Meljean Brokk *****

Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore ******

The Summoning {YA} - Kelley Armstrong *****

Remember Me? - Sophia Kinsella *****

Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs ******

Mona Lisa Blossoming - Sunny ***

Mona Lisa Craving - Sunny ***

Unclean Spirits - M.L. Hanover ******

White Witch, Black Curse - Kim Harrison *****

Strange Angles {YA} - Lili St. Crow ******

Pride - Rachel Vincent - *****

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand - Carrie Vaughn *****

I am currently taking part in a book challenge, a color in the title book challenge. The challenge can be found here: http://imlostinbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/colorful-reading-challenge.html The challenge is to read 9 books with a color in the title, then review the books. There are six required colors, and three are free choice colors. It looks like a fun challenge, so I'm using one book that I read in March and five other books that I now have. The books I am using are:

Blue Diablo - Ann Aguirre

RedHeaded Stepchild - Jaye Wells

The Man in the Golden Torc - Simon R Greene

The Silver Ship and the Sea - Brenda Cooper

White Witch, Black Curse (for black) - Kim Harrison

White Fang - Jack London (maybe)

undecided

undecided

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the first six listed are the required colors. I need three other colors, I haven't decided which colors. I'm open for suggestions - especially for urban fantasy or science fiction.

All you have to do is read, review, post, and let the host at "I'm Lost in Books" know your link.

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About Me

I work in a K-8th grade library as a library tech (just one of my jobs). I love working with books, almost as much as I love working with children - sometimes more!
I'm part spanish (Panama)part scottish with mixture of other countries thrown in, born in US. Getting a little older, a little wiser and a little crankier.Two grandchildren, four children, one husband (lol- isn't ONE enough?) two dogs and a cat. I love to read, I love to find new books (new to me), and I'm a little obsessive about buying books. I buy them faster than I can read them. I also love to garden, though it's much harder for me to do so now. I still enjoy having a small flower garden.